Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Precision Medicine Through Molecular Biology
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm
"Decoding the Skin Barrier: Insights into Tight Junctions, Stratum Corneum, and Immune Modulation"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm
"Cell-Cell Interactions in Regulation of Lung Homeostasis, Disease, and Cancer"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Epithelial Repair Across the Animal Kingdom
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Body-Wide Responses to Limb Loss in the Highly-Regenerative Axolotl"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
"Fibroblast Dynamics Underlying Regenerative Versus Fibrotic Wound Healing"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 10:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Spatial and Directional Patterning of the Epidermis"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
"Exploring the Human Gut with Bioengineered Models and Single-Cell Technologies"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Epidermal Stem Cells in Stress"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
"ECM Dynamics in Skin Morphogenesis"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"A Perspective on the Evolution of Skin Stem Cell Biology"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Epithelial Organization and Cell-Cell Interactions
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Desmosomes Coordinate Cell Cycle and Cytoskeletal Dynamics Promoting Epidermal Development"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
"Human Skin Organoids for Modeling Development and Disease"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 10:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Role of Cell Volume in Regulating Epidermal Stem Cell Fate"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
"Cell Fate Specification in the Embryonic Skin"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Aging, Stress and Cellular Memory
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Mechanisms of Tissue Adaptation and Maladaptation"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
"Aging, Metabolism, and the Circadian Clock"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Networks and Cues in Epidermal Homeostasis"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Tissue Development and Regeneration
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"The Genetic and Developmental Basis for the Sweaty and Naked Ape"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
"Hair Growth Regulation by Non-Hair Follicle Cell Types and Cell States"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 10:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Metabolic Regulation of Tissue Repair"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
"Cellular Plasticity in Tissue Regeneration: Lessons From Melanocytes"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Clonal Evolution and Cancer
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Somatic Evolution in Normal Oesophagus"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
"Mechanisms of Basal Cell Carcinoma Progression"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Intravital Imaging of Stem Cell Dynamics During Skin Cancer Initiation"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Genomics, Proteomics and Epigenetics
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Hair Follicle Stem Cells and Their Niche"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
"Metabolism in Wound Healing and Epidermal Stem Cells"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 10:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Epigenetics of Feather Regionality and Temporal Transitions"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
"Ribosomes in Gene Regulation: Controlling Protein Diversity in Cells, Tissues and Organisms"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Evolution of Epithelial Therapies
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Chromatin Dynamics of Multi-Lineage Tissue Manufacturing"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
"Rare Begets Common: Human Diseases Illuminate Basic Biology"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Wnt Relaxes a Stressed Out Epidermis to Regenerate Hair Follicles"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure